Performance Review
Home, and Where the Heart Is
Blackout innovates with a trio of domicile-driven love stories
A philandering poet, a pair of clowns and a woman on the verge of burning her house down. These are several of the characters played by Jeff Andersen and Lila Martinez in Blackout Theatre Company’s latest original work, Stories of Us: A Guide to Home Improvement.
Book Review
Tangled Up in Turquoise
Tale of family ties is fraught with New Mexican clichés
When writing about New Mexico, it's easy to overdo it. Case in point: Jo-Ann Mapson's latest effort, Finding Casey.
Culture Shock
It’s the End of the World, and We Love it
If I hear one more damned story about the zombie apocalypse, I swear I’ll ... read it like all the others that came before. Sure, the blogosphere may be sensationalizing a series of horrific events that have ended in people being shot, eaten and internally microwaved by bad acid. But whether these events are happening on the streets of Florida or prime time TV on AMC, there are those of us who can’t help but gnaw on tales that depict a doomed world full of undead cannibals. If you need insight into why we like this kind of sick shit, just ask your friend the horror-buff film major if you can see her thesis paper on sociopolitical metaphor in the work of George Romero. (Trust me, she’s written one.)
Photo by Eric Tillinghast
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The Gravity of the Situation
Þyngdarljóð: Gravity's Poetry
A series of photographs of Icelandic waterfalls by Eric Tillinghast. Each waterfall is displayed in a light box containing internal mechanics that generate light and sound to simulate surging water.
Courtesy of the artist
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A Fine and Fancy Ramble at the Zoo
Zoo Music: Grace Kelly
Saxophonist, singer, and composer Grace Kelly plays genre-bending jazz. Bring blankets, lawn chairs and a picnic.
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More Jazz, More Stars
Jazz and Blues Under the Stars
Live blues and jazz with dancing, food and libations.
